Brief Life History of Martha
Martha Shearer was born about 1770, in Buffalo Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States as the daughter of David Shearer. She married Thomas Hamilton Brownlee on 6 June 1789, in Buffalo, Hopewell Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 27 November 1801, in Buffalo, Hopewell Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 32.
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- Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99B-YK2L?cc=1999196&wc=9PMX-4WL%3A268493301%2C282444001
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: occupational name for a reaper of standing crops, a sheep shearer, or someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherer(e) ‘shearer’, an agent derivative of Middle English schere(n) ‘to shear’. Middle English schere denoted shears and scissors of all sizes. Compare Sherman .
Americanized form of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Scherer or Scherrer , cognates of 1 above. Compare Sharrer .
Americanized form of German Scheurer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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